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outride
[ verb out-rahyd; noun out-rahyd ]
verb (used with object)
- to outdo or outstrip in riding.
- (of a ship) to come safely through (a storm) by lying to.
verb (used without object)
- to act as an outrider.
noun
- Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
outride
verb
- to outdo by riding faster, farther, or better than
- (of a vessel) to ride out (a storm)
noun
- rare.prosody an extra unstressed syllable within a metrical foot
Example Sentences
Horsemen could easily outride Indian sentries before the sentries had time to warn Indian troops behind them, and could ride down and kill Indians on foot.
You might be better off outriding in the Women’s Equality party, setting up an Equality Trust local group, campaigning to save a hospital or pressuring the council to accept refugee families.
And Villa’s horsemen had outridden and outlasted our town boys.
Lancelot gave her his hand, and she stood up, and got out of the bath, and all the people outride began cheering, as though they knew exactly what was happening.
I wanted to know what outrides what: Am I really the person I think am?
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